Greetings!  

Summer is here! Finally!  I've never seen Californians grumpier than over the past two weeks with the wet weather! However, the clouds have parted and the sunshine feels great!  Bring on the vitamin D!

It can be challenging to stay focused on your fitness goals during the summer months.  Your schedule can fill up with family vacations, visiting friends and family, and keeping up with an older child while out on summer vacation.  If you eat as if you are on vacation for the whole time, the scale will show it!

Here are a few tips to help keep you on track:

Hydrate:  The National Academy of Sports Medicine recommends you consume 96 ounces of fluid per day.  No, that doesn't count coffee or beer! Nice try!  What you believe to be a hunger pain might actually just be a symptom of dehydration.  Cheers!

Schedule your workout:  Just as you plan your playdates, doctor visits, and other events, make sure you write your time to workout on the calendar.  Your health and well being is the best gift you can give to your family!  By the way, we offer eight classes each week!  Pick a day that works for you and stop on by!

Set tangible goals:  Make sure you are not only weighing yourself, but also taking your measurements.  Set realistic, specific,  and attainable goals.  Celebrate every pound and inch.  If you want to lose 20 pounds, go ahead and break that down in 5 pound increments.  What are your goals?

Visualize:  Those that visual the achievement of their goals are six times as likely to achieve them!  What is your finish line? Take a mental picture of yourself at that finish line!  Also, ask yourself "why" do you want to be there.  Then ask "why" for a second time.  Often this gets at the route motivation.  Tapping that source and understanding is a powerful tool!

Plan ahead:  Don't wait until you are hungry to prepare a snack. Often people will grab prepackaged and processed foods when their hunger hits! Local produce is bursting with flavor.  Head out and stock up.  Wash and cut up your produce and then place them at eye level on your refrigerator shelf.  Don't leave them "out of sight, out of mind."  Having healthy ready to eat snacks for those moments when you are hungry can help shed the pounds!

Summer Fitness Challenge:  Join our 4 week summer fitness blitz.  The challenge begins Monday, June 13 and ends on Friday, July 15th.  Come out to any of our 8 weekly classes to get weighed and measured.  We will have weekly challenges and prizes so that you have a chance to win while getting the extra motivation you need! We are also competing against the Baby Boot Camp of Santa Clara/ Sunnyvale.  We will have a grand celebration Family Field Day barbecue at a local park on Sunday, July 17th!

Email me for more information!